The French ‘Leco’ weekly published an article on the situation of women in Iran and in the Iranian Resistance. It said: This week we will get acquainted with a young Iranian woman by the name of Pariya. The meaning of Pariya in Farsi is ‘angels’. She is 18 and she fled Iran 6 months ago before being arrested due to the disputes she had with the ruling regime. She left behind in Iran her father who is a political prisoner.
“I grew up as a girl in Iran,” Pariya says. “Due to the restrictions imposed on girls in Iran I wanted to be a boy when I was little, and for my hair to be short. But when I grew up I found out the problem is not in being a boy or a girl, because the boys don’t enjoy freedom either. I want to be a human, a human. In prison, my father taught me this from behind bars, and now I want to act based on what I learned from him.”
(French ‘Leco’ weekly – February 21, 2016)
